martes, 19 de abril de 2011

On This Day: April 19

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On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring 500. (Timothy McVeigh was later convicted of federal murder charges and executed.)

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On April 19, 1883, Getulio Vargas, the Brazilian president who used dictatorial powers to modernize his country, was born. Following his death on Aug. 24, 1954, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1775	The American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
1897	The first Boston Marathon was run.
1933	The United States went off the gold standard.
1943	Tens of thousands of Jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto began an uprising against Nazi forces.
1951	Gen. Douglas MacArthur, relieved of his command by President Harry S. Truman, bid farewell to Congress, quoting a line from a ballad: "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."
1961	The Federal Communications Commission authorized regular FM stereo broadcasting starting on June 1, 1961.
1993	A 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended when fire destroyed the structure after federal agents smashed their way in. Dozens of people, including sect leader David Koresh, were killed.
1994	A Los Angeles jury awarded $3.8 million to beaten motorist Rodney King.
2001	The Mel Brooks musical "The Producers" opened on Broadway.
2005	Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected pope and took the name Benedict XVI.

Current Birthdays

James Franco, Actor (“Milk,” “Spider-Man”)

Actor James Franco ("Milk," "Spider-Man") turns 33 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg

Tennis player Maria Sharapova turns 24 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini

1937	Elinor Donahue, Actress ("Father Knows Best"), turns 74
1942	Alan Price, Rock musician (The Animals), turns 69
1946	Tim Curry, Actor, turns 65
1947	Mark "Flo" Volman, Singer (The Turtles, Flo and Eddie), turns 64
1952	Tony Plana, Actor ("Ugly Betty"), turns 59
1965	Suge Knight, Record company executive (Tha Row), turns 46
1968	Ashley Judd, Actress, turns 43
1979	Kate Hudson, Actress, turns 32
1981	Hayden Christensen, Actor, turns 30
1981	Catalina Sandino Moreno, Actress, turns 30
1981	Troy Polamalu, Football player, turns 30

Historic Birthdays

Getulio Vargas4/19/1883 - 8/24/1954Brazilian president (1930-45, 1951-54).Go to obituary »

72	Roger Sherman 4/19/1721 - 7/23/1793 American statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence
84	Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre 4/19/1832 - 9/4/1916 Spanish mathematician, statesman, and Nobel Prize-winning dramatist (1904)
86	Lucretia Garfield 4/19/1832 - 3/14/1918 American first lady (1881)
57	Ole Evinrude 4/19/1877 - 7/12/1934 Norwegian-American inventor
70	Richard von Mises 4/19/1883 - 7/14/1953 Austrian-born American mathematician and aerodynamicist
54	Eliot Ness 4/19/1903 - 5/16/1957 American crime fighter; headed the "Untouchables" in Chicago
85	Sir Thomas Hopkinson 4/19/1905 - 6/20/1990 English editor and pioneering photojournalist
87	Glenn T. Seaborg 4/19/1912 - 2/25/1999 American Nobel Prize-winning nuclear chemist (1951)
34	Jayne Mansfield 4/19/1933 - 6/29/1967 American motion picture actress